Improvement in billiard-cue rests



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T. WATSON. Billiard-Cue Rest.

No. 215,848. Patented May 27,1819.

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THOMAS WATSON, OF INOHALLOOH, BOW, COUNTY OF DUMBARTON, NORTH BRITAIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlARD-CUE RESTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,848, dated May 27,1879; application filed December 19, 1878; patented in Great Britain,August 31, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS WATsoN, ofInchalloch, Row, in the county of Dumbarton, North Britain, haveinvented an Improved Billiard-Cue Rest, of which the following is aspecification.

My said invention relates to an improved vertically-adjustable rest tobe used in playing the game of billiards.

The essential feature in the construction of my new or improved cue-restis that it is formed of two principal parts, one of which is stationary,the other having vertical movement imparted to it by suitable mechanism.The stationary plate carries guide-pins, which enter slots in themovable part for the purpose ofv steadying the latter during itsvertical movement. Distance-pieces between the two plates aid in keepingthem in proper position. The height above the table of the part of therest 011 which the one is thus supported during the time of playing astroke is capable of being varied with great ease, and the supportgreatly steadied during such movement.

The improved cue-rest may be constructed of metal, wood, ivory,vulcanite, or of other suitable material, or of such materials combined.

The accompanying drawings illustratemeans by which my invention may becarried into practical effect.

Figure 1 is a front-end elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section withthe cue-rest in its lowest position; and Fig. 3 a similar'section,showing the cue-rest in its highest position. Fig. 4 is a similar viewto that shown in Fig. 1, but with the front plate removed, the rack uponthe front plate being shown in section.

The cue-rest consists of two parts or plates a stationary one, A, which,when the rest is in use, bears upon the table, and of a movable part, B,preferably of a shape and size corresponding, or nearly so, to the partA. The shaft or handle 0 of the cue-rest passes through -the stationaryplate A, terminating in a screwed pin, a, which passes to the front ofthe plate B, where a nut, a is screwed uponthe said pin. The shaft orhandle 0 has fixed upon it, between the two plates A and B, a pinion, aA rack, b, is formed on or attached to the front plate, B, with whichrack the pinion 64 engages.

The plate B is secured to the plate A by screw-nuts I), .screwing uponthe projecting ends of the distance-pieces b In order to elevate theplate B, when the cue-rest is in use a motion of partial rotation isgiven to the handle O, and consequently to the pinion a whereby, throughthe rack b, the front plate, B, is raised to the desired elevation, and,in playing, the one is rested upon the top of the said plate. By givinga motion of partial rotation to the handle 0 in the other direction, theplate B may be lowered. In order to allow of the motion of the plate B,the distancepieces I) and the pin a at the end of the han dle 0 passthroughlslots bf in the said plate B. b are guides for steadying themotion of the said plate.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of a cue-rest, showing a mode ofeffecting the movement by means of an inclined plane. The plate A isformed with a box-like or tubular piece, a, and the end of the handle 0has upon it a socketpiece, 0, in which is formed a female screw, toreceive the rapid screw (Z formed upon the end of the inclined piece D.The socket-piece is formed with a flange, c, the handle being secured tothe plate A by means of a collar, 0, screwing upon the piece a andbearing against the flange 0, so that the handle is capable of beingrotated.

The front plate, B, is secured to the back plate, A, by distance-piecesor guides and nuts, as in the arrangement Figs. 1 to 4. The raising ofthe front plate, B, is effected by turning or rotating the handle 0 inone direction, whereby the screw-nut in the socketpiece C, acting uponthe screw d, urges the inclined piece D outward, which, by bearingagainst the inclined cut-away part b of the plate B, urges the saidplate upward into the position indicated by the dotted lines. The saidplate is lowered by rotating the handle in the reverse direction,whereby the inclined piece D is withdrawn and the plate B descends, itsdescent being insured by the spring 0, fixed at one end to the plate A.

The movement of the front plate may be effected by means of abevel-wheel fixed upon the end of the handle 0, which wheel, when thesaid handle is rotated, will transmit motion through another wheel to ascrew secured in lugs on the stationary plate. A lug upon the plate insuch construction would have a female screw formed in it to run upon thescrew on the stationary plate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A billiard-cue. rest having the stationary plate A, vertically-movableplate 13, distancepieces steadyingguides b and slots 1)",

within which latter the steadying-guides work on the vertical movementof the plate B, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOS. WATSON. {L 8.}

Witnesses:

ROBERT ADAM GUNN,

115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. JAMES SMITH BEGG, 115 St. VincentStreet, Glasgow.

